Local quilt guild located at the Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Thursday, June 1, 2017

April 2017 Meeting

Attendance & Membership

We have a new sign-in person. Esther Dill has
done this job for a few years now and has asked to be relieved of her duties.
Wanda Somers has accepted this position. Thank you Wanda!

We now have 80 members in our guild and had
41 in attendance. One new member joined - Cyndie Renfro from Oak Ridge,
and Bonnie Miller rejoined - she lives in Clinton.

Door Prizes - Wanda Somers
/ Colleen Thomas

Winners included:

Karen Suarez

Debra Carroll

Jane Dunham

Darlene RobyPatty Ashworth

Treasurer's Report- Karen Larabee

Karen reports that we have maxed out our
membership at this time.- 80 is the maximum number that we voted previously
could meet in this room.

$1839.49 (checking which includes the $100
scholarship)

$2007.43 (savings)

Hospitality House - Cindy
Conrad

The Hospitality House meeting this year
will be on August 14th which is the 2nd Monday of August.
This year's theme is "Wrapped in Warmth" and there
is a flyer available to explain the suggested colors, sizes, use of fabric,
etc. These quilts are due at the August Guild meeting which will be held on the
14th due to a conflict with the HH staff/meeting room at the Cheyenne Building
on Oak Ridge Turnpike. Quilts will be judged and prizes will be awarded for
1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Are you ready?!

Block Drawing - Fat Quarter
Exchange - Julie Niles

Julie announced the Block Drawing for May. It
is called Positive Affect and should be made from reproduction
30's fabrics with a neutral (white or muslin) center block. It should measure
12-1/2" unfinished. It is from the American Patchwork & Quilting
magazine, June 2017.

This block requires 4 - 5" squares, 4 -
3 1/2" x 5" rectangles and a creamy 3 1/2" x 5" center
rectangle. A handout was available for more detail. For every block you
enter you will get to enter your name to win! Will be fun to see who
wins!

The Fat Quarter Exchange will be in
June. More on that at the May meeting.

Pillowcases for Children's
Hospital - Lynda McLaren

Lynda showed us how to put a pillowcase
together using the "burrito method". She reminded us to pick up
fabric from the donation table and to contribute fabric as we can. She
will continue to have a table setup for this purpose. Although pillowcases are
due in November, she will accept them anytime!

Someone also shared that there is a very good
video demonstrating how to make the pillowcase on the Crafty Gemini web site.
Someone else mentioned the Conquer Cancer website.

UFO's - Darlene Roby subbed
for Allison Darken15
members are participating with an average of 8 UFO's listed. Email
Allison with your list of UFO's at darkena@bellsouth.net.

"Bags for Beads of
Courage" - Lin Stricker / Pat LakersLin
told us that 95 bags were delivered to Children's Hospital and she read a Thank You note
from Children's Hospital. More labels have been ordered so we will have
another opportunity to make bags for this project. Thank you to Darlene
Roby for donating fabric!

Lin is getting ready to move and in the
process found a couple of antiques quilt tops that she gave away. That
caused some excitement!!!

Round Robin - Narda Hipsher

We had the 1st swap! And will have 2 more
swaps in June and August.

Other
Announcements/Reminders

Nancy Rayside told of her concern for the
lack of bedding for animals at the local shelter in Oak Ridge. She shared
some measurements for pads/bedding for the different size cages. She
encouraged us to consider making some to benefit our local animal shelters.

Workshop Announcements

Chenille Scarf - Julie Niles
explained about the chenille scarf workshop. She is teaching a 2 hour class
on June 10 at Connie Dean's office/sewing area. A list has been
circulated for signups. Please let Julie know if you are interested.
Julie says there are examples at Twisted Sisters Quilt Shop in Maryville

New Year's Star class to be taught by
Anita Chaisty in June at the Civic Center. A completed quilt was shown at
the March and April meetings. Wanda Somers reminded everyone to sign up for the
class!

The Guild will cover the cost of the class by
paying the instructor but members will pay $12.00 per person and non-members
will pay $15.00 as they register for the class. The Guild will reimburse
the members but will not reimburse non-members. This is being
done to insure we have good participation to support the class. Our
June & July Guild meetings will be held at 7 p.m. The time is
noted in our new Guild membership books.

Program - Pin Money Sale. Everyone
seemed to enjoy shopping and several left with some bargains. Thanks to all who
participated. Be sure and give Karen Larabee 10% of what you earned in sales
for the guild treasury.

Sew and Tell

As always, we had lots of beautiful quilts
shown during this time and they will be posted electronically soon! Those
showing quilts were: